Lid-holding tie.



PATENTED APR.- 10, 1906.

A. W. GADDUM LID HOLDING TIE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20. 1905 STAESPATENT I ALEXANDER WV. GADDUM, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CINCIN-NATI BUTCHERS SUPPLY CO., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

LlD-HOLDING TiE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

To all. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. GAD- mm, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lid-Holding Ties; and Ido declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description ofthe invention, attention being called to the accompanying drawings, withthe reference characters marked thereon, which form also a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a new lid-holding means intended to hold downthe lid or cover of buckets and cans, like, for instance, sheetmetalcans used for shipping lard, and. which cans are provided with handlesat diametrically opposite points and which handles are used forattaching these means. The object is to provide such means whereby thecovers of these cans are held down securely, and which means arearranged in form of a tie or band which permits quick attachment andready disconnection when the cover of a can is to be removed.

In the following specification, and particularly pointed out in theclaim at the end thereof, is found a full description of my invention,together with its manner of use, parts, and construction, which latteris also illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1shows a customary lard-can in side view, its upper part in section, andwith such a tie in position and ready for final connection- Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the preceding figure, it showing particularly the leftside thereof. Fig. 8 in a view similar to the preceding one shows theupper part of such a can, the attachment of the tie being completed, theconnection of the tie at one end being somewhat modified. Fig. 4 in aview similar to the upper part of Fig. 2 shows the left side of Fig. 3with the attachment of the tie complete. Fig. 5 is a top view of Fig. 3.Fig. 6 shows the opposite side of Fig. 4, it being the right side ofFig. 3. Fig. 7 shows the upper part of a can with parts broken away, thetie being completely attached, and the arrangement as to connection atone end. is still further modified. Fig. 8 shows in a view similar toparts of Fig. 7 another modified. way of making the attachment to thefirst handle. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the tie. Fig. 10illustrates possibility of using my tie band on ring or loop handles.

A is the body of such a can, and B is the lid thereof provided with aflange or rim 1), gttpd to pass over the upper edge of the or y.

C represents the handles, provided at diametrically opposite points somedistance be low the upper edge of the can. They are substantiallycrescent-shaped, bent to form an ear or hood, and attached at theirupper edge to the side of the can-body, while their lower edges standoff to provide a space into which the fingers may be inserted when thecan is handled. These handles are used for attachment of my lid-holdingtie D, one end. of which is attached to one handle, while the other endis attached to the other handle, the intermediate part passing over thelid, thus holding the same down. The cans are usually of sheet metal,while the tie D is to be of a similar material of limited thickness toconfer pliability and to facilitate attachment. The attachment requiresin the simplest form of my invention a horizontal slot 0 in at least oneof the handles and somewhat above the lower edge thereof. By preferencesuch a slot is provided, however, in each of the handles, since it doesnot materially increase the cost of manufacture and avoids unnecessaryhandling and turning of a can to find a slot.

The tie is in form of a narrow band of proper length, which length isreadily determined, since these cans are manufactured in established andfixed sizes. In the simplest form of attachment (shown in Fig. 1) a hookd is formed at one end of the tie and hooked under the edge of one ofthe handles. It is then passed over the top of the lid, turned down onthe other side, and inserted from above into the slot 0 of the oppositehandle, so as to come out below such handle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.This end is then turned outwardly around and up over the lower edge ofthe handle, the band being at the same time drawn tightly over the lid,after which its free end is pushed into a properly-located slot cl, thuscompleting the connection, as shown in Figs. 3 and i. The end portion dof the tie band which is thus manipulated is reduced in width to form atongue, so as to be capable of passing into this slot cl. As shown inFigs. 3, 5, and 6, the arrangement is modified by hooking the endprimarily attached to the can into slot 0 of one of the handles insteadof hooking it under the edge of such handle, as was shown in Fig. 1.Lateral displacement by slipping of the tie is thus prevented. In Fig. 7the arrangement is modified to the extent of providing the slot in ahigher or in the highest part of the handle. In this case, as well as inthe arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the holding means at the particular endof the tie need not necessarily be a hook and the end may be merelydoubled, rolled, or curled, as shown at d in Fig. 7 to provide forsufficient thickness which prevents the end from slipping through theslot in the handle. A holding end so formed may also be used on theparticular handle, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, in which case slot0, by properly-limited size, will prevent the enlarged end of the tiefrom slipping through.

The forms of engagement used in Figs. 1 and 3 might be combined in amodification that is, hook at mi ht engage the lower edge of the handlean at the same time pass through slot 0, as shown in Fig. 8. Thecompleted connection may be made more secure, for instance, by usingsolder at the point where the end of the tie passes through slot d inthe tie, or a seal may be used at the closed end of the tie where thetwo parts of the same come together, such seal to be af-.

fixed in any of the various ways, or a seal press or punch might beapplied to the two overlapping parts of the tie where the end of thesame passes under the other part, the two parts being simultaneouslyaflected or pressed closely together.

It will be observed that this tie does not interfere with the use of thehandles, and a cheap and efficient means is provided which is quicklyattached and readily removed and which holds the lid down securely. Thistie may also be readily used on loop or ring handles, as shown in Fig.10.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- The combination of a canhaving slotted handles, a cover and a tie for securing the cover on thecan, said tie consisting of a strip of metal having a hook at one endand a slot near its other end, said tie being adapted to be hooked inone of the slotted handles, to pass over the top of the cover and thencethrough the slot in the other handle, the free end being adapted to bebent back on itself and inserted through the slot nearsuch end. Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I ALEXANDER W. GADDUM. A

Witnesses:

. C. SPENGEL, O. MEYER.

